Draft for 500000 Troops Ordered by March First
The government calls for 500000 volunteers or draftees for three years or for the war, with a March 10 draft date. Enlistments and prior drafts will be credited, while Michigan offers $100 extra for reenlistment, and $300 to new enlistees before March 1. The piece urges rapid enlistment to strengthen Union forces and push back rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff
Davis
Peason
United States
Michigan
Idaho Gold Rush Promises Vast Emigration Tide
A dated account reports a major migration to the Idaho Territory spurred by rich gold mines. It claims 15,000 miners are active, with $25,000,900 mined and a single pan yielding $900. Described are Idaho’s borders, key mining districts Bannock and Virginia, and routes via Great Salt Lake and the Missouri region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thwarda
Idaho
Eldorado
Michigan
Pike's Peak
California
al- Fegdy
British Osseanions
Utah
Dakota
Washington Territory
Bannockee
Virginia
Pig
Abe Big Horn
Yellow Stone
Ppa Faod
Big Stone Lake
Gold Fields Draw Men From Civilised Life
The passage reflects on men abandoning comforts and civilised life to chase richer gold fields beyond California and Australia. It contrasts the dangers of long travel, hostile tribes, and possible floods with the magnetising lure of gold and the speculative excitement of prospecting in distant lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Yndinon
California
Australia
Sympathy and Dems Pantomime in Racial Debate
A reader denounces the state press and alleged Democrats for attacking Republicans with racist rhetoric while claiming to help freedmen. The author ridicules their supposed philanthropy, asks why Democrats do not feed or clothe the starving freedmen, and accuses them of hypocrisy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiss
Republican Party
Letters From the 1st Michigan Colored Regiment
A soldier writes from Marshall and Detroit detailing his election as a lieutenant, praise for the First Michigan Colored Regiment, and a call against prejudice. He reflects on drill, discipline, and wartime service while noting harsh winter conditions and social progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tennessee
Marshall
Cincinnati
Queen City
Col. Barns
Michigan Colored
Haa
Col. Smith
Wagner
Millken's Bend
Port Hudson
Freedom
Berg
Morahall
Escape from Libby Prison Reveals Officers Reaching Baltimore
Twenty six Union officers escaped Libby Prison and reached Baltimore on Wednesday, with new names added to the published list. They tunneled through a wall using knives and improvised tools, then moved toward Washington aided by Pennsylvania cavalry. The fugitives, dressed in Union coats, owed help to pursuing Confederate soldiers before slipping away and are believed to have escaped with minimal recapture risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortress “Monroe
Libby
W. P. Kendrick
G. W. Fitzsimmone
Indiana
William Reynolds
Igians
P ‘Williame
Matthew
Boyd
Cpt. Morton
Tower
Massachusetts
M.gallatier
New York Cavalry
A.G. Hamilton
Kentucky Cavalry
J. O. Fislar
Indiana Battery
J. F. Gallaher
Ohio
WB. McKeen
Williamsburg
Fon Sam
Pennsylvania
Grant's Command Teases Chattanooga Campaign Developments
Chattanooga Feb 20. Reports detail Gen. pee campaigns in progress with the Army of the Cumberland driven toward Past Tennessee to crush rebels. Longstreet’s retreat and Logan’s expedition are analyzed as feints to mislead Johnston toward Rome, while Polk and others are noted in the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Pee
Agit Ia
Longstreet
Army of the Cumberland
Tennessee
Mission Ridge Era Tense Rail Line Strain Report
A Civil War era dispatch describes shifting troop positions between Longstreet and Johnston, noting the interior line of operation and a near completion Loudon to Chattanooga rail bridge. It reports a brief clash near a rebel party that captured Gen Scammon, halted by Col Gallup with 400 men, leaving 116 rebels dead and many prisoners.
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Longstrest
Weill
Longstreet
Mission Ridge
Ohio
Quioberland
Johnson
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Johnston
Loudon
Scammon
G. W. Gallup
Rebels in winter quarters and actions near Knoxville
From Knoxville Feb 21 news describes Rebels breaking winter quarters at Morristown and operating at Strawberry Plains. Pontoon bridge built, two brigades and cavalry across. Union cavalry engage near 6 miles out with several prisoners taken. Gen Schofield doubts Buckner’s heavy artillery reinforcements. Rebels push conscripts from Virginia. cavalry extends to Marysville under Morgan, Sorton and Armstrong. Fugitive arrivals rise, but Schofield expects no attack and city safety is not in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Morristown
Strawberry Plains
the Plains
Hascall
Buckner
Schofield
Virgin
Sevierville
Marysville
Morgan
Sorton
Armatrong
Burbridge to take command in district. quiet at Chattanooga
From Louisville on February 21 news from Col Dillard of the 81st Kentucky reports Longetreet crossed the Molston river to the north side then retreated destroying pontoons. Gen Burbridge assumes command tomorrow with headquarters in Louisville. Officers say front quiet at Chattanooga and Knoxville. troops ready for orders as refugees from Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee arrive in starving numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Col. Dillard
81Th
Cumberland Gap
Longetreet
Molston River
Burbridge
Ollicera
Chattanooga
Noxville
Florida Expedition Report from the Front
The Florida campaign details Union forces occupying Baldwin near Jacksonville, with rebel strength about 4500 under Gen Finnegan. Skirmishes at Barbour's Station, Sanderson, and a fire at Sanderson destroyed corn and stored resin. A rebel supply document signals dire straits, with beef and bacon exhausted. The National Union Convention meets in Baltimore to nominate presidential candidates and the National Committee action is reported as harmonious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Florida
Baldwin
Amall
Jacksonville
Florida, Central
Finnegan
Barbour
Sanderson
Sandatone
Sandergon
National Union Convention
Baltimore
National ‘Committee
Harmonioua
Officials Dispatch Details Sherman Advance and Southern Defense
From the South a dispatch to the War Department reports Sherman advancing with 25,000 to 80,000 men toward Meridian and the rail line to Mobile, burning bridges and tearing up tracks. Major General Scampion and staff reach Richmond, Libby Prison detains officers, and several deserters are executed. News notes include mobile actions, Garrett’s armament moves, and political talks on whisky measures and the St. Louis convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wir
Herman
Quinlan
Ohio and Mobile
Mobile
Sherman
Scampion
Richmond
Libby Prison
Streight
Newbern
Kingston
Richmond ‘Enquirer
Ip. M
Meridian
Adair
Forrest
Oxford
Memphis
Herando
Colliersville
Forges
Lee
Orange C. E
Watts
Party Contrasts Across the Nation in a Political Rhetoric
The piece contrasts Democratic and Republican stances, arguing the Democrats shift principles to fit circumstances while maintaining the name, and the Republicans align to circumstantial needs yet preserve the appearance of stability. It invokes Jefferson Calhoun and Davis as emblematic references in a critique of party change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Thomas
Jefferson
John ©. Calhoun
Democratic” Party
Swnner
Jeff. Davis
Galhoun
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James de Greenough
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Albert J. Bidwell
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Albert J. Didwell
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